Part III Road user charging and workplace parking levy
Chapter I Road user charging
Making of charging schemes
I1169 Confirmation of charging schemes.
1
A charging scheme under this Part, other than a trunk road charging scheme, shall not come into force unless the order making it has been submitted to and confirmed by the appropriate national authority; and a variation of such a charging scheme shall not take effect until the order making the variation has been so submitted and confirmed.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply in such circumstances as may be specified in or determined in accordance with regulations made by the appropriate national authority.
3
A joint local-London charging scheme shall not come into force unless the order making it has been submitted to and confirmed by the Greater London Authority; and a variation or revocation of such a charging scheme shall not take effect until the order making the variation or revocation has been so submitted and confirmed.
4
Where confirmation of an order is required by this section, the order may be confirmed with or without modifications.
5
Where confirmation by both the Secretary of State and the Greater London Authority of an order making a joint local-London charging scheme, or a variation of such a charging scheme, is required by this section—
a
the order shall not be submitted to the Secretary of State until it has been confirmed by the Greater London Authority,
b
if the order has been confirmed by the Greater London Authority with modifications it is the modified order that must be submitted to the Secretary of State, and
c
the order may not be confirmed with modifications by the Secretary of State until the modifications have been confirmed by the Greater London Authority.